is this normal foliage decline for hostas or a disease?

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Nov 08, 2013

My hostas are looking really bad. We've had some frosts. Can someone tell me if this is normal foliage decline for hostas heading into winter? I've been concerned about the hosta virus.

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Diana_K Contra Costa County, CA(Zone 9b) Nov 10, 2013

Either could be the normal way they go dormant. The first looks like it got hit suddenly by frost, the other looks like it had some warning and has started pulling the nutrients that it can back into the root system for storage.

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drobarr Hummelstown, PA(Zone 6b) Nov 13, 2013

looks like normal fall growth as it goes into dormancy. It will completely die down soon to the roots. All top growth will be dead and can be removed once dead. new growth will emerge in spring.

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Nov 13, 2013

Thanks so much!

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